5th Annual Salsa Sunday

The Raices Latin Music Collection at the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, is pleased to present the 5th Annual SALSA SUNDAY festival celebrating Afro-Caribbean Latin Music and Dance on October 29, 2006 from 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm. SALSA SUNDAY will feature lecture/demonstrations, performances, dance classes, "A Conversation with the Masters", exhibition, Palladium Dance Party and special programs for children.

El Barrio/East Harlem, New York (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 -- The Raices Latin Music Collection at the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, is pleased to present the 5th Annual SALSA SUNDAY festival celebrating Afro-Caribbean Latin Music and Dance on October 29, 2006 from 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm. The day long festival will be held at One East 104th Street, off of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Admission is $5. For more information please call 212/427-2244 ext. 573 or visit on-line at www.harborconservatory.org

SALSA SUNDAY features lecture/demonstrations, performances, dance classes, "A Conversation with the Masters", an exhibition, Palladium Dance Party and special programs for children. Scheduled to appear are: Manny Oquendo Y Libre, Joseito Mateo Y Merengue Ripiao; Jusan Usera Y la Tribu: Arturo O'Farrill and his Quintet (lec/dem for children on Latin Jazz), Louis Bauzo and the Harbor Latin Big Band; "A Conversation with the Masters" featuring Joe Cuba and Santiago Ceron, moderated by journalist Aurora Flores; Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Dance class taught by Juan Usera, Afro-Cuban Folkloric dance class taught by Xiomara Rodriguez; Salsa Dance class taught by Nydia Ocasio; Raices Exhibition on the history of Latin Music in New York City and more.

The history of Latin music is an important part of the cultural history of New York City. Salsa Sunday illuminates the Caribbean traditions, communities and individuals that have contributed so significantly to our city and our nation’s music.

The Raices Latin Music Collection documents the genre's folkloric roots in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, and the subsequent development of Latin jazz and Salsa in New York City. Established in l979 at the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, by Ramon Rodriguez and Louis Bauzo, the Raices Collection, with over 19,000 objects, is an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and an Official Project of Save Americas Treasures.

Dedicated to the research, preservation, and promotion of Afro-Caribbean Music, Raices conducts ongoing public programs such as historical concerts, exhibitions and symposia that use the Collection as their nucleus. In addition, the materials in the Raices Collection are used to instruct and mentor the next generation of musicians. Located in East Harlem, an important birthplace of the music, Raices is engaged in four distinct areas of programming: preservation of the Collection, expansion of the Collection, public education and outreach and developing resources to be able to provide access by national audiences and future generations.

Raices is a program of Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, a division of BOYS & GIRLS HARBOR, INC., and is now celebrating over 36 years as a pre-professional performing arts institution offering high caliber, low-cost training in music, dance and theater to over 1,100 students annually. For more information regarding performing arts classes, you may call 212/427-2244 ext. 573 or visit our website at www.harborconservatory.org

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